Hexion

Hexion is a global producer of adhesives and performance materials, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and serving industrial customers worldwide. The modern company was formed in 2005 through the merger of Borden Chemical and Resolution Performance Products, but its operating roots reach back nearly 170 years to 19th-century American chemical manufacturing. Its materials are sold into a range of industrial sectors, among them agriculture, building materials, coatings and paint, mining, oil and gas, wood panels, fire protection and chemical manufacturing.

The company's technical work spans chemical engineering, resin formulation, material science, molecular science and manufacturing, alongside growing use of artificial intelligence in process optimization. Its Smartech portfolio brings together material intelligence, process optimization and adaptive resin platforms under an AI-driven Chemistry-as-a-Service model; individual technologies within it include SmartWax and SmartMDI. The company describes itself as expanding further into AI-driven services, applying data and modelling to resin development and plant performance.

Operations combine large-scale chemical manufacturing with laboratory and technical functions. The company states an emphasis on what it calls Responsible Chemistry and sustainable manufacturing, with focus areas including energy efficiency, circularity and measurable reductions in emissions and resource use. It frames its current direction as building on its long industrial heritage while extending into new service-led and technology-driven models.